GRID demo Impression -

Aight so most people are talking about haze n so I thought i'd post my thoughts on GRID's demo which I just finished playing.

First off the good things: the menu and the presentation of the game simply Rocks! Not hard to navigate the menu and you can find out most of the modes pretty quickly. The sound again is fantastic with some awsome songs that really fit a racing game such as Grid. The Graphics are Good but not great, you couldn't compare these to GT4 or Burnout but they are still better than Motorstrom and perhaps Dirt. Damage on Cars is strictly okay as well. Oh and if you hit the car really REALLY hard once into the wall, its totaled and the race is over for you. Online mode is a bit different from Burnout but not bad at all. For example, you can race with people but you'd have to go into the multiplayer menu and then go into one of the sessions thts full of people. I did create my own session, nobody showed up.

Now the Bad stuff: the gameplay is really weird. I mean you could configure the controls but that wouldnt do much because the cars arent all the responsive and although the driving did remind of GT4, to me Grid come off as a street racing car but tries to mix that with real driving simulations and obviously fails. I gotta be honest, I did have fun playing the game, and even tried to learn how to handle the cars but if I had to finish one of the races then forget about it.

So yes I would recommend people to try the demo and decide for themselves, for me, I'll keep Burnout in my PS3 a little longer. Btw do share your own thoughts on the demo.

still dl-ing it XD

Aight so most people are talking about haze n so I thought i'd post my thoughts on GRID's demo which I just finished playing.

First off the good things: the menu and the presentation of the game simply Rocks! Not hard to navigate the menu and you can find out most of the modes pretty quickly. The sound again is fantastic with some awsome songs that really fit a racing game such as Grid. The Graphics are Good but not great, you couldn't compare these to GT4 or Burnout but they are still better than Motorstrom and perhaps Dirt. Damage on Cars is strictly okay as well. Oh and if you hit the car really REALLY hard once into the wall, its totaled and the race is over for you. Online mode is a bit different from Burnout but not bad at all. For example, you can race with people but you'd have to go into the multiplayer menu and then go into one of the sessions thts full of people. I did create my own session, nobody showed up.

Now the Bad stuff: the gameplay is really weird. I mean you could configure the controls but that wouldnt do much because the cars arent all the responsive and although the driving did remind of GT4, to me Grid come off as a street racing car but tries to mix that with real driving simulations and obviously fails. I gotta be honest, I did have fun playing the game, and even tried to learn how to handle the cars but if I had to finish one of the races then forget about it.

So yes I would recommend people to try the demo and decide for themselves, for me, I'll keep Burnout in my PS3 a little longer. Btw do share your own thoughts on the demo.

Coolboy420x

Graphics are good. Better than DiRT, and this is only a demo. The damage on the cars is better than DiRT, for example if someone hits your front left tire, you will drift to the left when you drive. No car customazation (Retail maybe?). Online is fun IF you race against people who know what to do. So many people do not know what brakes are -_- A lot of people are online tho, just search for custom match and your bound to find 5 races minimum. Oh, forgot about the car damage. Its detailed. Your spoiler will fall off if hit, windows shatter, etc. Remember this is only a demo.

This game is better than any NFS game ive played(IMO). I dont know what else to write...

Edit: I race with a G25 Racing Wheel.

Aight so most people are talking about haze n so I thought i'd post my thoughts on GRID's demo which I just finished playing.

First off the good things: the menu and the presentation of the game simply Rocks! Not hard to navigate the menu and you can find out most of the modes pretty quickly. The sound again is fantastic with some awsome songs that really fit a racing game such as Grid. The Graphics are Good but not great, you couldn't compare these to GT4 or Burnout but they are still better than Motorstrom and perhaps Dirt. Damage on Cars is strictly okay as well. Oh and if you hit the car really REALLY hard once into the wall, its totaled and the race is over for you. Online mode is a bit different from Burnout but not bad at all. For example, you can race with people but you'd have to go into the multiplayer menu and then go into one of the sessions thts full of people. I did create my own session, nobody showed up.

Now the Bad stuff: the gameplay is really weird. I mean you could configure the controls but that wouldnt do much because the cars arent all the responsive and although the driving did remind of GT4, to me Grid come off as a street racing car but tries to mix that with real driving simulations and obviously fails. I gotta be honest, I did have fun playing the game, and even tried to learn how to handle the cars but if I had to finish one of the races then forget about it.

So yes I would recommend people to try the demo and decide for themselves, for me, I'll keep Burnout in my PS3 a little longer. Btw do share your own thoughts on the demo.

Coolboy420x

Yo, Turn the Driving Aids and try to drive...

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Aight so most people are talking about haze n so I thought i'd post my thoughts on GRID's demo which I just finished playing.

First off the good things: the menu and the presentation of the game simply Rocks! Not hard to navigate the menu and you can find out most of the modes pretty quickly. The sound again is fantastic with some awsome songs that really fit a racing game such as Grid. The Graphics are Good but not great, you couldn't compare these to GT4 or Burnout but they are still better than Motorstrom and perhaps Dirt. Damage on Cars is strictly okay as well. Oh and if you hit the car really REALLY hard once into the wall, its totaled and the race is over for you. Online mode is a bit different from Burnout but not bad at all. For example, you can race with people but you'd have to go into the multiplayer menu and then go into one of the sessions thts full of people. I did create my own session, nobody showed up.

Now the Bad stuff: the gameplay is really weird. I mean you could configure the controls but that wouldnt do much because the cars arent all the responsive and although the driving did remind of GT4, to me Grid come off as a street racing car but tries to mix that with real driving simulations and obviously fails. I gotta be honest, I did have fun playing the game, and even tried to learn how to handle the cars but if I had to finish one of the races then forget about it.

So yes I would recommend people to try the demo and decide for themselves, for me, I'll keep Burnout in my PS3 a little longer. Btw do share your own thoughts on the demo.

IllegalGamer

Graphics are good. Better than DiRT, and this is only a demo. The damage on the cars is better than DiRT, for example if someone hits your front left tire, you will drift to the left when you drive. No car customazation (Retail maybe?). Online is fun IF you race against people who know what to do. So many people do not know what brakes are -_- A lot of people are online tho, just search for custom match and your bound to find 5 races minimum. Oh, forgot about the car damage. Its detailed. Your spoiler will fall off if hit, windows shatter, etc. Remember this is only a demo.

This game is better than any NFS game ive played(IMO). I dont know what else to write...

Edit: I race with a G25 Racing Wheel.

Aight so most people are talking about haze n so I thought i'd post my thoughts on GRID's demo which I just finished playing.

First off the good things: the menu and the presentation of the game simply Rocks! Not hard to navigate the menu and you can find out most of the modes pretty quickly. The sound again is fantastic with some awsome songs that really fit a racing game such as Grid. The Graphics are Good but not great, you couldn't compare these to GT4 or Burnout but they are still better than Motorstrom and perhaps Dirt. Damage on Cars is strictly okay as well. Oh and if you hit the car really REALLY hard once into the wall, its totaled and the race is over for you. Online mode is a bit different from Burnout but not bad at all. For example, you can race with people but you'd have to go into the multiplayer menu and then go into one of the sessions thts full of people. I did create my own session, nobody showed up.

Now the Bad stuff: the gameplay is really weird. I mean you could configure the controls but that wouldnt do much because the cars arent all the responsive and although the driving did remind of GT4, to me Grid come off as a street racing car but tries to mix that with real driving simulations and obviously fails. I gotta be honest, I did have fun playing the game, and even tried to learn how to handle the cars but if I had to finish one of the races then forget about it.

So yes I would recommend people to try the demo and decide for themselves, for me, I'll keep Burnout in my PS3 a little longer. Btw do share your own thoughts on the demo.

Coolboy420x

The game is crap. The cars handle like total garbage. It appears the cars have wheels in the center and use those to turn the car. I can't believe you said the driving reminds you of GT4. You must have gotten a very bad copy of GT4. GT4 handling is light years better than this garbage, and its not even in the same universe as GT5P, or Forza/PGR for that matter.

The graphics are not great either. This isn't even close to GT5P. for all those that said Grid was on the same level or better, a big HA! to you. It kinda looks worse than Dirt to me. The graphics are NOT better than motorstorm. Maybe if you played motor storm on an SD tv and Grid on an HDtv. Overall, very dissappointing, PGR3/PGR4>Grid

Aight so most people are talking about haze n so I thought i'd post my thoughts on GRID's demo which I just finished playing.

First off the good things: the menu and the presentation of the game simply Rocks! Not hard to navigate the menu and you can find out most of the modes pretty quickly. The sound again is fantastic with some awsome songs that really fit a racing game such as Grid. The Graphics are Good but not great, you couldn't compare these to GT4 or Burnout but they are still better than Motorstrom and perhaps Dirt. Damage on Cars is strictly okay as well. Oh and if you hit the car really REALLY hard once into the wall, its totaled and the race is over for you. Online mode is a bit different from Burnout but not bad at all. For example, you can race with people but you'd have to go into the multiplayer menu and then go into one of the sessions thts full of people. I did create my own session, nobody showed up.

Now the Bad stuff: the gameplay is really weird. I mean you could configure the controls but that wouldnt do much because the cars arent all the responsive and although the driving did remind of GT4, to me Grid come off as a street racing car but tries to mix that with real driving simulations and obviously fails. I gotta be honest, I did have fun playing the game, and even tried to learn how to handle the cars but if I had to finish one of the races then forget about it.

So yes I would recommend people to try the demo and decide for themselves, for me, I'll keep Burnout in my PS3 a little longer. Btw do share your own thoughts on the demo.

Coolboy420x

When it shows the replay after wreck, if you push SQUARE it does this flashback thing and puts you back into the race right before you crash. Giving you a chance to avoid the mistake you made, which I though was pretty cool. Other than that, judging from the demo, the game seemed alright to me

I enjoyed it, it feels like a mix of Need for speed and DiRT. Fun arcade racer for sure.

There is no need to compare GRID to GT5p, they are non even comparable. Grand Turismo is in its own league.

The game is not meant to be a simulation. Even the devs said this themselves. It's a mix of sim and arcade, so don't expect GT style racing.

i thought it was ok, i played it for a good hour trying to get the controls down but they are just not really that responsive.

and trying the drifting challange is almost near impossible, the car slips and slides more then a wheelchair bound epileptic being pushed onto an ice rink

other then that its an ok game, but the drifting part is a complete joke

The game is not meant to be a simulation. Even the devs said this themselves. It's a mix of sim and arcade, so don't expect GT style racing.

RotaryRX7

It's sad it had to come to someone spelling it out. Control-wise, it's more arcade then sim. Lots of the driving mechanics are over-exaggerated for the "OMG!" effect.

and trying the drifting challange is almost near impossible, the car slips and slides more then a wheelchair bound epileptic being pushed onto an ice rink

Syntih

Drifting was really enjoyable. It's all about controlling your right foot and knowing when to counter. No brakes necessary.

[QUOTE="Coolboy420x"]

Aight so most people are talking about haze n so I thought i'd post my thoughts on GRID's demo which I just finished playing.

First off the good things: the menu and the presentation of the game simply Rocks! Not hard to navigate the menu and you can find out most of the modes pretty quickly. The sound again is fantastic with some awsome songs that really fit a racing game such as Grid. The Graphics are Good but not great, you couldn't compare these to GT4 or Burnout but they are still better than Motorstrom and perhaps Dirt. Damage on Cars is strictly okay as well. Oh and if you hit the car really REALLY hard once into the wall, its totaled and the race is over for you. Online mode is a bit different from Burnout but not bad at all. For example, you can race with people but you'd have to go into the multiplayer menu and then go into one of the sessions thts full of people. I did create my own session, nobody showed up.

Now the Bad stuff: the gameplay is really weird. I mean you could configure the controls but that wouldnt do much because the cars arent all the responsive and although the driving did remind of GT4, to me Grid come off as a street racing car but tries to mix that with real driving simulations and obviously fails. I gotta be honest, I did have fun playing the game, and even tried to learn how to handle the cars but if I had to finish one of the races then forget about it.

So yes I would recommend people to try the demo and decide for themselves, for me, I'll keep Burnout in my PS3 a little longer. Btw do share your own thoughts on the demo.

Choco_Taco

When it shows the replay after wreck, if you push SQUARE it does this flashback thing and puts you back into the race right before you crash. Giving you a chance to avoid the mistake you made, which I though was pretty cool. Other than that, judging from the demo, the game seemed alright to me

I dont know who here said that GRID is supposed to be a GT5p killer but its a completely different game. I did say that the gameplay reminded me of GT4 and whoever said it doesn't thats because they dont know how the gameplay works in the game. Try finishing a race or two first and then talk to me ;-) cuz its all about gas and brakes, gas and brakes just like in GT4.

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and trying the drifting challange is almost near impossible, the car slips and slides more then a wheelchair bound epileptic being pushed onto an ice rink

emitsu97

Drifting was really enjoyable. It's all about controlling your right foot and knowing when to counter. No brakes necessary.

maybe if you have a wheel, but with a controller its damn near impossible

maybe if you have a wheel, but with a controller its damn near impossibleSyntih

I was taking double corners on my second run through and drifting down the finish straight.

[QUOTE="RotaryRX7"]

The game is not meant to be a simulation. Even the devs said this themselves. It's a mix of sim and arcade, so don't expect GT style racing.

emitsu97

It's sad it had to come to someone spelling it out. Control-wise, it's more arcade then sim. Lots of the driving mechanics are over-exaggerated for the "OMG!" effect.

For me the cars do not control well, and yes I am aware it is supposed to be an arcade game. Burnout and PGR are way better.

graphics were ok but all the cars handled the same and it made the racing feel repetative. The controls on the car were also very squirrly. The cars never felt like you were in complete control of them unlike GT5 where everything feels spot on. Maybe its just because I like a racing simulator over an arcade racer.

It rocksAgwae

It's a good demo, but it took a while for me to master the drifting portion of the game. But now that I have, friends who gloated and said their "drifting skills" on Burnout are better than mine, and that they will still own me when drifting on Grid went to cry in a corner after I was done with them :). Lol, one of them said they would totally own me with a million points (after I explained how it worked to them) but ended up with 5k :) and another ended up with 15k by running two laps on their own, but 420k in the end after I took the controller and finished the last lap. (It was too painful to watch lol)

Grid ?? the games been out awhile i had it for pretty long time it came out in Aus ages ago

its a good game nice mix of simulation/arcade which i like

and has good race styles down hill drift, *** racing, euro racing, tar rally, F1, Street racing on regular streets with cars, destruction derby, muscle car

and there is also some download packs its called the 8ball pack from memory i have that aswell

i rate 8.5/10 solid